Kennie Ting

Kennie Ting is since September 2016 the Director of the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, and concurrently Group Director of Museums at the National Heritage Board (NHB), overseeing Singapore’s national museums and festivals managed by the NHB.

Before NHB, he worked in the former Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, Singapore, where he was involved in developing strategies for heritage and the arts, including the Renaissance City Plan III and the recent Arts and Culture Strategic Review.

He is interested in the history of travel and the heritage of Asian port cities and is the author of the books, The Romance of the Grand Tour – 100 Years of Travel in South East Asia as well as Singapore Chronicles: HERITAGE.

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